LTC Rex LTC Rex Smith sent the RMPO two photos he came across of military police officers in Iceland in either 1942 or 1943. These two photos were the first posted to the RMPO web site’s historical photo album. We now have two pages of photos. If you have a photo of yourself or other military police officers from a past era that you would like to share, please send the photo along with a caption/explanation to RMPO_webmaster@west-point.org

LTC Rex Smith writes: Here are two photos that I came across that were taken in Iceland in either 1942 or 1943. They are of officers of, I believe, the 810th MP Company. In August 1943, we took men to Iceland to form an MP Bn.

LTC Luis Mark, then Captain, is indicated by the arrow. He landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day as PM with the 2nd Engineer Amphibious Brigade. I next ran into him in 1948 when he was assigned as Chief of CID, PM Office, First US Army, Fort Jay, New York. He attended the advance course at the MP School at Ft Gordon in 1951. From there, he went to Korea and died of heart attack a couple of months after arriving there. He was one hell of an officer, one of the best I ever served under. If he had lived, I am sure he would have made general.

LTC Luis Mark then Captain, is third from the right. CPT Zukowsky is the first from the right; I think his name was Theodore. In November 1943, he went to England as the CO of the 449th MP Company, landed with the company on Utah Beach on D-Day with the First Engineer Amphibious Brigade.

CPT Louis Mehl, CO 545th MP Co Commander on the right and LTC James H. Ashcraft, second from right, 1st Cavalry Division Provost Marshal in the 545th MP Co Dayroom at Camp Drake Japan 1949. The others are the Army Chief of Staff, his aide, the 1st Cav Div CG and the 545th MP Co First Sergeant

LTC Norman A Mott who escorted Japanese POW’s to the Military Tribunals in Manila in 1945

545th MP Co Platoon Leader, S. Strange at Camp Crawford, Japan

Photo sent in by COL Dick Mosco. Dick is 2d Row, third from the left. Also in the Class were Second Lieutenants Jim George,Perry Elder,Doug Shannon and Travis Parker.

Advisory Team#14,USAMACV.The Team advised Army Of Vietnam Military Police in the operation of the Central EPW Camp on Phu Quoc Island. The Team was under the OPCON of the MACV PM(J15) and was the only pure Military Police Advisory unit in Vietnam. Dick Moscow's tenure as the Team Commander and Senior Advisor to the Camp Commander was during the period 1967-68.The Team had four officers assigned.One Major and three Captains.The rest of the team were Military Police Non Commissioned Officers.Captain Mike Annast is the the first officer standing on the left,second row.Next to him is Captain Dave Stockman.Captain Mike O'laughlan is the first person kneeling on the right,first row. Dick is standing, first on the right,second row.

MP Officer Career Course Class #5.1964-65.COL Karl Gustafson,School Commandent is in the first row, center.To his left is the Class Leader, Major Dave Anderson. Dick Mosco is in row five,5th from the right.

CPT Mike Tarman

Tay Ninh, RVN, 1969

709th MP BN Paris, France WW II

Pictures of the Battalion Officers during 1945. LTC Harry Gustafson was the Battalion Commander Nov 1943 to 1946.

Some of the first Officers to be assigned to the 518th Military Police Battalion upon its activation. Photographed in the summer of 1941. They are (Left to Righ) Lt Martin Davy; Lt Bill Campbell; Lt Ed Lambert; Major H.H. Harris; Lt Bernie Schlinger; Lt Sid Marcus; Lt Mel Pollack; Lt Ralph Gramazio; Lt Stan Evans; Lt Bob Sullivan; Lt John Stouell; Lt Tom Whitford; and Lt Claude Lindsey.(Source of information is from the Military Police Journal and the Article written by Colonel Robert E. Sullivan, History of U.S. Army Military Police Battalions - The 518th MP BN).

After seeing the above two photos, COL Charles (Dave) Childers sent RMPO the following email:

"I was looking at the online site this morning and noticed the photos of BG Wittwer and LTC Briggs and it sure brought back old memories. I was Tom Briggs driver in the fall on 1972, and if I'm not mistaken, I took him to meet BG Wittwer that day - if not on the day of that visit, then one of his later trips that same year. Talking about being scared - I'd been in the Army for six months, was a newly minted PFC, driving a brigadier general! After Tom left Europe in early 1973, I was Dale Friend's driver for almost a year at the 385th MP Battalion. Both were fantastic officers who greatly influenced my life. Attached is a photo of me leaning on the fender of Tom's very famous black 1971 Ford sedan in Stuttgart. Dale talked me into re-enlisting and Tom helped me in my selection for OCS. I'm deeply indebted to both."